HomeMy WebLinkAbout16147 ORD - 04/01/1981AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT AGREEMENT WITH ASARCO, Inc.
FOR A TERM OF SEVEN (7)
YEARS COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 1981; DESIGNATING AN AREA
TO BE KNOWN AS "CORPUS CHRISTI INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT NO.
19 "; EXEMPTING SUCH AREA FROM ANNEXATION AND PROVID-
ING FOR AN ANNUAL PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES TO THE CITY
DURING THE TERM THEREOF; ALL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH
IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT, A SUBSTANTIAL
COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF,
MARKED EXHIBIT 1.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager be and he is hereby authorized
to execute an Industrial District Agreement with ASARCO, Inc.
for a term of seven (7) years commencing
January 1, 1981; designating an area to be known as "Corpus Christi Industrial
District No.19'; exempting such area from annexation and providing for an
annual payment in lieu of taxes to the City during the term thereof; all as
more fully set forth in the Industrial District Agreement,.a substantial
copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, marked Exhibit 1.
MIOROFILMED
166 7 SEP z 71984
K. D Loughridge
Senior Vice President
Smelting and Refining
February 24, 1981
Corpus Christi City Council
City Hall
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
Re: Industrial District
Asarco Incorporated is a Corporation which meets the defini-
tion of "Industry" as contained in City Ordinance 15898.
This letter will evidence the intent of Asarco Incorporated
to enter into_an Industrial District Agreement with the City
of Corpus Christi on or before the first day of July 1981,
on terms and in form mutually agreeable to the parties.
PSR:mg
Yours very truly,
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.FEB`jK� iCo i .
4:a RECEIVED `,
•• City (Manager ,r
ASARCO Incorporated 120 Broadway New York, N.Y. 10271 (212) 669-1000
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AGREEMENT
THE STATE OF TEXAS #
COUNTY OF NUECES #
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI #
This Agreement made.and entered into by and between the CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS,•a municipal corporation of Nueces County, Texas, hereinafter
called "CITY", and ASARCO Tnrnrporated
(Landowner and Improvements Owner)
a �es> Joraa�r corporation, xxx
XXX
corporation, and
a xxx
(Lessee)
xx
Improvements Owner)
a- xxx corporation, hereinafter collectively called "COMPANY",
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS; it is theestablished policy of the City Council of the City
of Corpus Christi, Texas, to adopt reasonable measures permitted by law which
will tend -to enhance the economic stability and growth of the City and its en-
virons and which will attract the location of new and expansion of existing
- industries therein; and such policy is hereby reaffirmed and adopted by this
City Council as being in the best interest of the City and its citizens; and
WHEREAS, Company is the owner or lessee of land or owner of improve-
ments on land within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Corpus
-Christi-, which land shall, upon execution of this agreement by the City, be
known as "Corpus Christi Indus -trial District No. /7 1I•
and which land is more particularly described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto,
and incorporated herein for all purposes, herein. called "said land" and upon
-which Company has either constructed (and/or contemplates) the construction or
expansion of improvements; and -
WHEREAS, pursuant to said policy and provisions of Article 970a,
Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, known as the Municipal Annexation Act,. City
:has enacted Ordinance No. 15898 indicating its willingness, within 90 days
after final passage of said ordinance, to enter into industrial district agree-
ments with industries located within its extraterritorial jurisdiction and
p• designating. areas located in its extraterritorial jurisdiction as industrial
districts, herein collectively called "Districts" and Ordinance No. 15949
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designating land areas as Corpus Christi Industrial Development Area No. 1 and
Corpus Christi Industrial Development Area No. 2; and
WHEREAS, City desires to encourage the updating, expansion and growth
of industries within said Districts and for such purpose desires to enter into
this Agreement with Company:
NOW,. THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual agreements
of the parties herein contained and pursuant to the authority granted under the
Municipal Annexation Act and the Ordinance of City referred to above, City and
Company hereby agree as follows:
City covenants and agrees that during the term of this Agreement, and
subject to the terms -and provisions hereof, said land shall retain.its extra- •
territorial status as an industrial district and shall continue to retain such
status until_and unless the same is changed pursuant to the terms of this Agree-
-=ment.. Except as.,herein provided City further covenants and agrees that said
-land_shall be immune from annexation.
• During the term hereof City shall have no obligation to -extend to
_said land any City services except fire protection in the event Company makes
additional .payments :to City under Article III(d) hereof, and such other City
services as are being provided to and paid for by Company on the date hereof.
Further, City and Company agree that during the term hereof, City
shall.notrequire with respect to said land compliance with its rules or regu-
lations (a) governing zoning and platting of said land or any additions thereto
outside the City limits; provided,.however, Company further agrees that it will
in no way divide -said land or additions thereto without complying with State.
law and City ordinances governing subdivision of land; (b) prescribing any
building, electrical, plumbing or inspection code or codes; or (c) prescribing
any -rules governing the method of operations of Company's business, except as
to those regulations relating to the delivery of utility services and industrial
waste disposal through City owned facilities.
II
The term of this Agreement shall begin on the first day of January,
1981, and shall continue until December 31, 1987, unless extended for additional
period or periods of time upon mutual consent of Company and City as provided by
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Munici01'Annexation Act; provided, however, that in the event this Agt,nent
is not so extended for an additional period or periods of time on or before
March 31 of the final calendar year of the term hereof, then the immunity from
annexation granted herein shall terminate on that date, but all other terms of
this Agreement shall remain in effect for the remainder of the term; provided,
however, the effective date and time of such annexation shall be no earlier than
midnight of December 31 of such final year of the term.
This Agreement may be extended for an additional period or periods by
agreement between City and Company and/or its assigns. In this connection, City
recognizes that industrial district agreements of this kind are conducive to the
development of existing and future industry and business and are to the best •
interest of all'citizens of City. Accordingly, future City Councils are hereby
-encouraged, but are not obligated,to enter into industrial district agreements
and .to extend existing industrial district agreements.
III
Each_year during the term hereof, Company shall pay to City:
(a) An amount in lieu of taxes on said land (excluding improvements
and- personal property located thereon) equal to one hundred percent (100%) of
the,amount of ad_valorem taxes based upon the market value of said land which
-would-otherwise be payable to City by -Company if said land were situated within
the city limits of City.
With respect to any new land.acquired by Company after January 1,
1981, locatedin theextraterritorialjurisdiction of City, and the use of which
relates directly to the primary use of the parent tract, such new land shall be
included in 'Company's land known as said land, and shall be considered in calcu-
lating the in lieu of tax payment on said land as of January 1 of the first year
following the date which such new land is acquired by Company. In addition,
Company shall provide City a revised Exhibit "A" which includes a complete de-
_:scription of such new land. -
(b) An amount in lieu of taxes on improvements (excluding personal
property) located -on said land equal to fifty percent (50%) of the amount of
ad valorem taxes which would otherwise be payable to City by Company if said
improvements were situated on land within the city limits of City.
On or before March 31 of each year during the term of this Agree-
ment, Company shall provide to City's Tax Assessor -Collector a written statement
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of its opinion of the market value sworn to by an official of Company authorized
to do the same.
(c) With respect to any new improvements or facilities, which are
hereby defined as those being completed after January 1, 1974, Company shall
pay to City five percent (5%) rather than the percentages of the amount of ad
valorem taxes as calculated in paragraph (b) above for each year of use, i.e.,
10% the second year in use, 15% the third year in use, etc. Payments under
this provision shall never exceed fifty percent (50%)-. The first year of use
for purposes of this new improvements payment shall be deemed to commence on
the first day of .January next following the date which the new improvements
are placed in use. This provision shall apply to construction of new improve-
ments or facilities and to the expansion of existing improvements or facilities
.on said land. -New improvements or facilities not included withinthisparagraph
"(c) -shall be deemed to be included within the provisions of paragraph (b) above.
(d).An.additional- amount -for City fire -protection equalto fifteen -
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percent (15%) of the amount which would be payable on 100% of assessed value of
improvements located in said land notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph -
(b) -above;. provided,Aowever, that if and as long as Company is a member in -
__good standing of the Refinery Terminal Fire Company, or its successor, it shall
not be obligated to pay the additional amount provided by this paragraph (d).
(e) At the -request of Company, an alternative to the method of calcu-
lation set forth in paragraphs (a) through (d) above, the Company may make a pay-
ment which is determined by considering using the method of calculation set forth
in paragraphs (a) through (d) above, said land and.all other lands contiguous to
said land, or forming an integral,partof Company's primary operation located
on said land, owned by Company inside the city limits as if all the value of
:Company's lands above described and improvements thereon were outside the city --
limits, and deducting from the -amount which would otherwise be due from such
-calculation the property taxes actually due to City resulting from the assessed --
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values of land and improvements, excluding personal property, located inside the -
City. If Company selects such alternative procedure, the amount due to City
under this section shall be the resulting difference or the minimum payment
requiredin paragraph (f), whichever is greater. In addition, Company shall
provide City, by attaching hereto as Exhibit "B", a complete description of the
lands contiguous to said land, or forming an integral part of Company's primary
operation located on said land, owned by Company inside the city limits.
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With respect to any new land acquired by Company after January 4,-
1981, located inside the city limits, which is contiguous to said land, or forms
an integral part of Company's primary operation located on said land, such new
land may be considered in the alternative method of calculating the in lieu of
tax payment as stated above, as of January 1 of the first year following the
date which such new land is acquired by Company. Company shall provide City a
new or revised Exhibit "B" which includes a complete description of such new -
land.
(f) Minimum Payments. For any Company which qualifies as an industry
under Ordinance No. 15898 and which has less than two million dollars ($2,000,000.00)
in -market value of improvements on said land subject to this Agreement, such
Company,_in lieu of the payments in items (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, shall
pay the lower of:
(i) an amount in lieu of taxes on said land equal to one hundred
percent (100%) of the amount of ad valorem taxes based on the market value of
saidlandwhich would be payable to City if said land were situated within the
-city limits, plus an amount equal to one hundred, percent (100%) of the ad
.valorem taxes on one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) of improvements which
would be payable to City if said improvements were situated within the city
limits, regardless of whether one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) of improve-
ments exist on said land, or
(ii) the amount of ad valorem taxes on land, improvements and
personal property on said land which would be payable to City if said land,
improvements and personal property were situated within the city limits of
City, plus an amount in lieu of,City sales tax equal to that which would be
remitted to the State Comptroller annually by Company, and which would later
be remitted to City by the State Comptroller, if said land were situated
within the•city limits.
IV- .
Company agrees'to pay to City on or before December 31 of each year
during the term hereof all payments in.lieu of taxes provided for hereunder
without discount for early payment. The present ratio of ad valorem tax assess-
ment used by City is one hundred percent (100%) .of the fair market value of
property. Any change in such ratio used by City shall be reflected in any
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subsequent computations hereunder. This Agreement and the method of determining
and fixing the amount of in lieu of taxes payments hereunder shall be subject to
all provisions of law relating to determinations of market value and taxation,
including, but not limited to, laws relating to rendition, assessment, equaliza-
tion and appeal.
V
In the event Company elects to protest the valuation set on any of
its properties by City for any year or years during the term hereof, it is
agreed that nothing in this Agreement shall preclude such protest and Company .
shall have the right to take all legal steps desired by it to reduce the same
as if such property were located within the City. Notwithstanding any such
protest by Company, Company agrees to pay to City an initial in lieu of tax
payment on or before the date therefor hereinabove provided, at least the
-amount of the payment in lieu'of taxes on said land and improvements which
would be due -by Company to City -hereunder on the basis of renditions filed
__ by Company with City's Tax Assessor -Collector for that year or on the basis
of the assessment thereof for the last preceding year, whichever is higher.
-When the valuation on said property has been finally determined, either as
the result of final judgment -of a court of competent jurisdiction or as the
result of other final settlement of the controversy, then within thirty (30)
days thereafter Company shall make to City an additional payment due based
on such final valuation. If as a result of final judgment of a court of
competent jurisdiction, or as the result of other final settlement of the
controversy, the valuation of Company's property is established as an amount
less than the'amount used to compute the initial in lieu of tax payment for
such year by Company, then within thirty (30) days thereafter City shall make
to Company anypaymentdue based on the difference between the initial payment
and that which -is -computed based on the final settlement.
VI
.(a) In the event Company fails or refuses to comply with all or any
of the terms, conditions and obligations herein imposed upon the Company, then
this Agreement may be terminated at the option of City and/or the City may
elect to sue to recover any sum or sums remaining due hereunder or take any
other action which in the sole discretion of the City it deems best. In the
event the City elects to sue to recover any sum due under this Agreement, the
same penalties, interest, attorney's fees, and cost of collection shall be
- recoverable by the City as would be in a suit to recover delinquent ad valorem
taxes.
(b) City shall be entitled to a tax lien on said land and improve-
ments, in the event of default in payment of in lieu of tax payments hereunder,
which may be enforced by City in the same manner as provided by law for the
collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes.
(c) In the event City breaches this Agreement by annexing or attempting
to pass an ordinance annexing any of the said land, Company shall be entitled to
enjoin City from the date of its breach for the balance of the term of this Agree-
ment, from -enforcing -any annexation ordinance adopted in violation of this Agree-
---ment and from taking any further action in violation of this Agreement. If
Company elects to:pursue this -remedy, then so long as City specifically performs
its obligations hereunder, under. -injunctive order -or otherwise, Company shall
continue to make the annual payments required by this Agreement_
VII
Company agrees to provide to City at Company's expense, a survey plat
and field notedescription of said land. With respect to Company's acquisition
of new land, as described in Article III(a) above, which becomes included in
said land, Company agrees to provide to City at Company's expense, a survey plat.
and field note description of such -new land.
VIII
If any attempt to annex any of said land owned, used, occupied, leased,
rentedor possessed by Company, is made by another municipality, or if the incor-
poration of any new municipality should be attempted so as to include within its
limits such land or property, the City shall seek a temporary and permanent
injunction against such annexation -or incorporation, with the cooperation of _ .
Company, and shall take such other legal action as may be necessary or advisable
under the circumstances. The cost of any such legal action shall be borne
equally by the parties hereto; provided, however, the fees of any special legal .
counsel shall be paid by the party retaining same.
In the event City and Company are unsuccessful in obtaining a temporary
injunction enjoining such attempted annexation or incorporation, Company shall
have the option of (1) terminating this Agreement, effective as of the date of,
such annexation or incorporation, or (2) continuing to make the in lieu of taxes
payments required hereunder. Such option shall be exercised within thirty (30)
days after the application for such temporary injunction is denied. In the -
event Company elects to continue such in lieu of taxes payments, the City shall
place future payments hereunder together with part of the payment for the cal-
endar year in which such annexation or incorporation is attempted, prorated to
the date such temporary injunction or rel-ief is denied, in a separate interest-
bearing escrow account which shall be held by City subject to the following:
(a) In the event final judgment (after all appellate review, if any, -
has been exhausted) is entered denying a permanent injunction and/or upholding
such annexation or incorporation, then all such payments and accrued interest
thereon shall be refunded to Company; or
(b) In theevent final judgment (after all appellate review, if any,
.has been exhausted) is entered granting a permanent injunction and/or invali-
-dating such annexation or incorporation, then all such payments and accrued
interest thereon shall be retained for use by City.
IX
The benefits accruing to Company under this -Agreement shall also
extend to Company's "affiliates" and to any properties presently owned or
acquired -by said affiliates within theareadescribed in Exhibit "A"_to this
Agreement, and where reference is made herein to land, property and -improve-
ments owned by Company, that shall also include land and improvements presently
owned by its affiliates. The_word "affiliates" as used herein shall mean
(1) all companies with respect to which Company directly or indirectly, through
one or -more intermediaries at the time in question, owns or has the power to
exercise control over fifty percent (50%) or more of the stock having the right
to vote.for-the election of directors; or (2) all corporations which are members
- of a "controlled group of corporations" (as that term is defined in Section -
1563(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended) of which Company is
a member.
X
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon City
and Company, and upon Company's successors and assigns, affiliates and subsidi-
aries, and shall remain in force whether Company sells, assigns, or in any other
manner disposes of, either voluntarily or by°operations of law, all or any part
of said land, and the agreements herein contained shall be held to be covenants _
running with said land for so long as this Agreement or any extension thereof
remains in force.
XI
(a) Whenever the Company sells a contiguous portion of said land
consisting of 20 acres or more to an ancillary industry which will be engaged
on the property'in the further processing of the product of the Company or the -
preparation of raw materials prior to their processing by the Company, then
platting of such property may be deferred under the following conditions:
(i) The seller shall submit for approval by the City Council a
site plan indicating the proposed water, sewer, drainage, access, and street
plans -for said -land:
(ii) Both the buyer and the seller shall enter into an agreement
. with the City requiring the platting of said land in the event the buyer's use
of the property materially changes from the permitted uses described above, or
if the Company's industrial district agreement terminates without extension.
The seller shall remain solely responsible for any payments in
lieu of taxes attributable to the buyer's holdings on the property unless the
buyer has entered into a supplemental industrial district contract with the
-City concerning such -holdings. -
(b) Whenever the Company properly plats, subdivides and conveys to a
buyer other thananaffiliate a portion of the lands described in Exhibit "A"
and/or Exhibit "B", Company shall furnish to the City's Tax Assessor -Collector
a revised Exhibit "A" and/or Exhibit "B", which revised exhibit or -exhibits
shall constitute an amendment to this Agreement, effective for the calendar
year next following the calendar year in which theconveyanceoccurred. Seller
shall remain solely responsible for any payments in lieu of taxes for the calen-
•.dar year in which the conveyance occurred. In the event the Company improperly -
plats, subdivides or conveys as portion of the lands described in Exhibit "A" or
Exhibit "8", Company shall remain solely responsible for any payments in lieu
of taxes applicable to such property, including improvements thereon, as if no
such conveyance had occurred.
XII
If City enters into an agreement with any other landowner, within
the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City, engaged in a similar industry,
as classified by Major Group according to the Standard Industrial Classification
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Manual(1) or enters into a renewal of any existing industrial district agreement
with an industry of the same classification, which contains in lieu of tax pay-
ment terms and provisions more favorable to such landowner than those in this
Agreement, Company and its assigns shall have the right to either terminate
this Agreement, or amend this Agreement to contain such more favorable in lieu
of tax payment terms and provisions.
XIII
In the event any one or more words, phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs, sections, articles or other parts of this Agreement or the appli-
cation thereof to any person, firm, corporation or circumstances shall ever be
held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional •
for -any reason, then -the application, invalidity or unconstitutionality of such'
words, -phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article or other part of
the Agreement shall.be deemed to be independent of and separable from the
--remainder of this Agreement and the validity of the remaining parts of this
Agreement shall not be affected thereby:
ENTERED_into this day of • , 19
• ATTEST:
ASA CO Tncorpor ted (Company)
Landowner and Improvements Owner)
Bye;%��`
Secr- ar A. L. Labbe
Vice President
ATTEST:
_Secretary
ATTEST:
By
xxx
(Lessee
(Company)
XXX
XXX (Company)_
(Improvements Owner)
By xxx
Secretary
ATTEST: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
City Secretary
By
R. Marvin Townsend, City Manager
APPROVED; DAY OF , 19_
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
By
Assistant City Attorney
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(1) Standard Industrial Classification Manual. (Executive Office of the President -
Office of Management and Budget, Statistical Policy Division, 1972). 659 pp.-,.
THE STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in
and for said County and State, on this day personally appeared
A. L. LABBE , Vice President of ASARCO INCORPORATED,
a corporation, known to me to be the person and officer whose name
is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that
the same was the act of said corporation and that he executed the same
as the act of such corporation for the purposes and consideration
therein expressed, and in the capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this 4th day of
May , 1981.
NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR NEW YORK
COUNTY, NEW YORK
DEBORAH A.PANNONE
Notary Public, State of New Y
osic
No. SI -4638242
Qui;4ficd is New York County 3
Ccor.'ssion Expires March 30, 396
ASARCO, INC. EXHIBI'�
CORPUS CHRISTI PLANT
ALL OF THOSE PREMISES IN THE COUNTY OF NUECES,
STATE OF TEXAS, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING at an iron bar set in the West boundary lines of the
former John Whelan 100 acre tract and East boundary line of the Annie
M. Byrne tract and in the North boundary line of the Up River Road, a
public highway, also known as the Shell Road, the Southeast corner
of an 8.22 acre tract conveyed by Annie M. Byrne to William Meaney
on June 7, 1917, as of record in the Deed Records of Nueces County,
Texas, in Vol. 119 at page 389;
(1) THENCE North 15° 11' 10" East with the West boundary line
of said John Whelan 100 acre tract and East boundary line of said
Annie M. Byrne tract and of said Meaney 8.22 acre tract, 885.60 feet
to an iron bar;
(2) THENCE North 22° 16' 10" East continuing with said West
boundary line of the John Whelan tract and East boundary line of the
Annie M. Byrne tract and the Meaney 8.22 acre tract, 63.00 feet to
an iron bar set in the curved South boundary line of the right-of-way
of the San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad, same being 100.00 feet
in width;
(3) THENCE North 22° 16' 10" East 101.40 feet to a concrete
monument in the North boundary of said Railroad right-of-way;
(4) THENCE North 22° 16' 10" East with said West boundary line
of the John Whelan tract and East boundary line of the Annie M. Byrne
tract, 82.41 feet to an iron bar set on the South shore of Nueces Bay
at the approximate line of ordinary high tide;
(5) THENCE North 21° 57' 40" East 141.97 feet to the Navigation
District bulkhead line;
(6) THENCE South 77° 38' 30" East along said bulkhead line 644.01
feet to the point of beginning of a circular curve to the left having a
radius of 4119.83 feet;
(7) THENCE Northeasterly along said curve to the left 1524.86
feet to a point bearing North 8° 10' West, .and 801.62 feet distant,
from a concrete monument at the Northwest corner of the original Matthew
Dunn 100 acre tract;
(8) THENCE South 8° 10' East 801.62 feet to said concrete monument;
(9) THENCE South 17° 55' West 7.36 feet to an old cedar post in the
North boundary line of said Railroad right-of-way;
(10) THENCE South 18° 13' 50" West 948.97 feet to a concrete
monument set in said North boundary line of the Up River Road;
(11) THENCE North 74° 39' 50" west with said North boundary line
of the Up River Road, 1175.03 feet in a concrete monument;
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(12) THENCE North 72° 42' 30" West with said North boundary
line of the right-of-way of the Up River Road, 1256.75 feet to the
place of beginning, excepting therefrom the right-of-way of the said
San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad.
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ASARCO, INC.
A tract embracing 18 acres of land and submerged land situated in
Nueces County, Texas, about 4 1/2 miles N. 75° W. from the County Seat,
extending from Up River, or Shell Road northward to a line crossing
the waters of Nueces Bay in a general northwesterly and southeasterly
direction, and referred to as the Navigation District south bulkhead
line, lying west of and adjacent to the east boundary line of a tract
known as the Wm. Meaney 56.5 acre tract (said Wm. Meaney 56.5 acre
tract being comprised of four tracts described in instruments of
record in the Deed Records of Nueces County, Texas, in Volume 119 at
page 389, Volume 120 at page 223 and Volume 194 at page 333), and
west boundary line of the former John Whelan 100 acre tract and of
a part of the north portion of same, now owned by the American
Smelting and Refining Company, and a northeasterly extension of said
line, being the easterly portion of said Meaney tract together with
a part of that portion of State of Texas Submerged Land Survey No. 750,
patented to Nueces County Navigation District No.1 by the State of
Texas on May 7, 1930 and recorded in the Deed Records of Nueces County,
Texas, in Volume 192 at page 579. Said 18 acre tract is described
by metes and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at a concrete monument in the east boundary line of the
former Annie Byrne tract and west boundary line of said former John
Whelan 100 acre tract and in the north boundary line of the Up River
Road, a public highway, also known as Shell Road, the southeast corner
of an 8.22 acre tract of land conveyed by Annie Byrne to Wm. Meaney
on June 7, 1917, as of record in the said Deed Records of Nueces
County, Texas, in Volume 119 at page 389, and the southwest corner of
said American Smelting and Refining Company tract, for the southeast
corner of this tract;
THENCE N. 74° 15' 50" W. with the south boundary line of said former
Annie Byrne 8.22 acre tract and north boundary line of Up River Road,
551.50 feet to a point, the southwest corner of said former Annie
Byrne 8.22 acre tract for a corner of this tract;
THENCE N. 74° 11' 20" W., with the south boundary line of said Meaney
tract and north boundary of said Up River Road, 248.50 feet to a point
for a corner of this tract;
THENCE N. 32° 09' 30" E., crossing a portion of said Meaney 56.5 acre
tract, the 100 foot right of way of San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Rail-
road, and a portion of State Submerged Land Survey No. 750, 1307.86
feet to a point in said line running in a general northwesterly and
southeasterly direction and referred to as the Navigation District south
bulkhead line, being located parallel with and 300.00 feet southwesterly,
measured at right angles, from a line established as the center line for
a channel, authorized to be 200 feet wide at the bottom and 34 feet
deep, for the northwest corner of this tract;
THENCE S. 77° 20' 00" E., through the waters of said Nueces Bay, along
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said Navigation District south bulkhead line, 466.60 feet to a point
in said northeasterly extension of east boundary line of Wm. Meaney
56.5 acre tract and west boundary line of American Smelting and
Refining Company tract, for the northeast corner of this tract;
THENCE S. 22° 16' 10" W., with said east boundary line of Wm. Meaney
56.5 acre tract and -west boundary line of American Smelting and
Refining Company tract and the northeasterly extension -thereof
through the waters of Nueces Bay, - at 175.17 feet, the south boundary
line of said State Submerged Land Survey No. 750 and of said tract
patented by the State of Texas to Nueces County Navigation District
No. 1, at 224.38 feet, a concrete monument marking the point of
intersection said east boundary line of Meaney 56.5 acre tract and west
boundary line of American Smelting and Refining Company tract with the
north boundary line of the 100 foot right of way of the San Antonio,
Uvalde and Gulf Railroad, at 325.78 feet, an iron bar marking the
point of intersection of said east boundary line of Meaney 56.5 acre
tract and west boundary line of American Smelting and Refining
Company tract with the south boundary line of said railroad right of
way, in all, 388.78 feet to a 1 inch iron bar, a corner of said
Wm. Meaney 56.5 acre tract and of American Smelting and Refining
Company tract, for a corner of this tract;
THENCE S. 15° 11' 10" W. with said east boundary line of Meaney 56.5
acre tract and west boundary line of American Smelting and Refining
Company tract 885.60feet to the place of beginning; containing a
gross area of 18.00 acres, of which 1.2 acres, more or less, is
embraced within the 100 foot right of way for San Antonio, Uvalde
and Gulf Railroad.
Leased from Meaney Estate.
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That the foregoing ordinance was read for t,- first time an passed to its
second reading on this the 5day of �/„ , 196Y/ , by the
following vote:
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
Jack K. Dumphy
Leopoldo Luna
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
That the foregoing ordinance was read fo the se and time 3.10 passed to its
third reading on this the S day of - , 19N , by the
following vote:
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
Jack K..Dumphy
Leopoldo Luna
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
That the foregoing ordinan was re for the third time and passed finally
on this the 15a—day of`, , 19 1 , by the following vote:
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best,�,(,fj�,.,f—
Jack K.'Dumphy
Leopoldo Luna.
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the rot day of # .; . , 19�
ATTEST:
za,i4Le
Secretary MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPRD ED:
a DAY OF / a-'4 , 191g1
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
ty Attorrar
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MOTION TO AMEND
may--yrs-y moved and
seconded this motion to amelid the ordinance authorizing the City Manager to exe-
cute an industrial district agreement with
ASARCO, Inc.
for a term of seven (7) years commencing
January 1, 1981, passed onLfirst reading by the City Council of the City of Corpus
Christi on March 18, 1981.
1. Amending the sentence comprising the second paragraph of Article I
of Exhibit 1 to •hereafter read as follows:
"During the term hereof City shall have no obligation to
extend to said land any City services except fire protection
in the event Company makes additional payments to City under
Article III(d) hereof, and such other City services as are
being provided to and paid for by Company on the date hereof."
2. Amending the first sentence of Article III(c) of Exhibit 1 to
hereafter read as follows:
__"With respect to any new improvements or facilities, which
are hereby defined as those being completed after January 1,
1974, Company shall pay to City five percent (51) rather than
the percentage of the amount of ad valorem taxes as calculated
in paragraph (b) above for each year of use, i.e_, 10% the
second year in use, 15% the third year in use, etc."
3. Amending the sentence comprising Article XII of Exhibit I to
hereafter read as follows:
"If City enters into an agreement with any other landowner,
within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City, engaged
in a similar industry, as classified by Major Group according
to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual(1) or enters
into a renewal of any existing industrial district agreement
with an industry of the same classification which contains in
lieu of tax payment terms and provisions more favorable to such
landowner than those in this Agreement, Company and its assigns
shall have the right to either terminate this Agreement, or
amend this Agreement to contain such more favorable in lieu
of tax payment terms and provisions."
4. Amending the first paragraph of Article I of Exhibit 1 to hereafter
read as follows:
"City covenants and agrees that during the term of this
Agreement; and subject to the terms and provisions hereof,
said land shall retain its extraterritorial status as an -
industrial district and shall continue to retain such status
until and unless the same is changed pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement. Except as herein provided City further
covenants and agrees that said land shall be immune from
annexation. Whenever it may be necessary, in the opinion
of the City Council, to annex land not immune from annexa- -
tion by an effective industrial district agreement pursuant
to Ordinance 15898, and in order to carry out such annexation
it is necessary, in the opinion of the City Council, to annex
a strip or corridor of land contained within Exhibit A, Company
shall.designate, within sixty (60) days after the City sends
Company written request -to provide such strip or corridor, a
strip or corridor (hereinafter called "annexation corridor")
in a _width and length legally sufficient to accomplish a con-
tractual annexation of the annexation corridor pursuant to
Article I, Section 2 of the City Charter of Corpus Christi and
to enable the City to annex the aforementioned land not immune
from annexation.' Said annexation corridor shall thereafter be
included within the corporate boundaries of the City of Corpus
Christi, and shall become a part thereof, subject to the terms
of Article I, Section 2 of the City Charter of Corpus Christi,
as amended. In:the -event that Company fails or refuses to make
such designation legally sufficient to accomplish such purpose,
the City may, at its option, either (1) terminate this industrial
district agreement and any guarantee of impunity from annexation,
shall thereafter be void, or (2) seek a mandatory injunction from
any court of competent jurisdiction to compel Company to make
such designation and perform such other acts as may be necessary
for the City to annex said annexation corridor pursuant to this
agreement and to Article I, Section 2 of the City Charter, or
both."
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5. Amending the first sentence of Article VI(c) of Exhibit 1 to
hereafter read as follows:
"In the event City breaches this Agreement by annexing
or attempting to pass an ordinance annexing any of the said
land, except as provided in Article I of this Agreement,
Company shall be entitled to enjoin City from the date of
its breach for the balance of the term of this Agreement,
from enforcing any annexation ordinance adopted in violation
of this Agreement and from taking any further action in vio-
lation of this Agreement."
6. Amending Article III(f) of Exhibit 1 to hereafter read as follows:
"(f) Minimum Payments. For any Company which qualifies as
an industry under Ordinance No. 15898 and which has less than
two million dollars (52,000,000) in market value of improvements
on said land subject to this agreement, such Company, in lieu of
the payments in items (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) above, shall
pay the lower of:
"(i) an amount in lieu of taxes on said land equal
to -'one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of ad valorem
taxes based on the market value of said land which would
be payable to City if said land were situated within the
city limits, plus an amount equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of the ad valorem taxes on one million dollars
($1,000,000) of improvements which would be payable to
City if said improvements were situated within the city
limits, regardless of which one million dollars ($1,000,000)
of improvements exist on said land, or
"(ii) the amount of ad valorem taxes on land, improve-
ments and personal property on said land which would be
payable to City if said land, improvements and personal
property were situated within the city limits of City,
plus an amount in lieu of City sales tax equal to that
which would be remitted to the State Comptroller annually
by Company, and which would later be remitted to City by
the State Comptroller, if said land were situated within
the city limits."
7. Amending the third "WHEREAS" clause of Exhibit 1 to hereafter
read as follows:
"WHEREAS, pursuant to said policy and the provisions of
Article 970a, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, known as the
Municipal Annexation Act, City has enacted Ordinance No.
15898 indicating its willingness, within 90 days after final
passage of said ordinance, to enter into industrial -district
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agreements with industries located within its extraterritorial
jurisdiction and designating areas located in its extraterritorial
jurisdiction as industrial districts, herein collectively called
"Districts",and Ordinance No. 15949 designating land areas as
Corpus Christi Industrial Development Area Mo. 1 and Corpus Christi
Industrial Development Area No. 2; and"
PASSED %
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